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    "content": "increased expenditure by 2.12 per cent well above the set charge in vote ceiling of 1 per cent. (c)The programmes and targets contained in the budget estimates deviated from the approved annual development plan and that the deviation was not explained in a memorandum to the Assembly as required. (d) The county treasury did not verify the debt levels and did not submit to the County Assembly for approval a debt strategy plan in line with Section 123 of the PFM Act. (e) The narration of the programme based budgeting estimates was very weak. The petitioners further state that the county executive has greatly frustrated the County Assembly in its effort to exercise oversight over the county executive. This has included failure to respond to correspondences and resolutions of the Assembly, failure to submit reports to the County Assembly as well as frequent transfers of the County Executive Committee (CEC) member for finance whenever the County Assembly seeks to undertake an inquiry into finances of the county executive. The petitioners, therefore, pray that the Senate urgently considers this matter and among others:- (1) Initiate the process of halting any further disbursements to the Garissa County Executive and require that any emergency disbursements be tabled before and approved by the County Assembly. (2) Establishes mechanisms of providing support to the County Assembly in the discharge of its mandate. (3) Conduct a study to ascertain the actual debt owed by the Garissa County Government in light of the County Executive’s failure to disclose this information to the County Assembly. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order 226, I shall now allow comments, observations or clarifications, if any, in relation to the petition for not more than 30 minutes."
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